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Chicago examiner vol xii no 51 a m thursday Chicago february 19 1914 thursday price one cent delivered by carrier 90 cents per month registered in u s patent office senator gore is vindicated in less than five minutes courtroom m an uproar for twenty minutes when jury brings in its verdict for blind oklahoma statesman wife eyes filled with tears hugs him as he is set free mrs bond who accused him swoons and then flees oklahoma city okln feb is.-by jhe unanlmons verdict of the jury thomas p gore united states senator from oklahoma to-day won the 50,000 dam age suit brought against him by mrs minnie e bond the jury was out less than five minutes the verdict was ren lered at 5:45 o'clock when judge clark m reading the ver llct reached the words find for the defendant pandemonium broke loose m the courtroom the hundreds awaiting the decision climbed on chairs and cheered the blind senator hals were thrown m the air and came down to be thrown up again the demonstration listed twenty minutes and the bailiffs ere powerless to stop it when the noise had quieted down judge lark finished reading the verdict seu or gore was standing when the judge gan to read at ibe momentous words â– stepped back as if dazed and his wife ized him m ber arms and hugged him trvnlsively tears sprang from her eyes d sobs shook ber frame nator is congratulated the senator remained standing silent ot . with a smile of gratitude on his face hundreds thronged around to grasp his hand nnd shout congratula tions cries of speech went up but the senator's voice could not be heard to newspaper men he said the only statement i have to make is ray strengthened belief m the fact tbat troth always triumphs mis bond fell backward m her chair and was attended by her husband she end some of her attorneys left the court immediately the foremau of the jury henry carpenter said a few minutes after he was discharged we bare had our minds made up four days i have looked at mrs bond dur ing this trial and have longed to seize icr and make her deny the dastardly charges she had made against our blind senator there were seven republic rans on that jury and 1 can truthfully f iy every one of them will be glad to rote for senator gore nt thc next elee ion of course the rive democrats will lo likewise a section of the verdict signed by all reive men said that they would have bund for senator gore had his counsel mcd the testimony m his defense i'laintiff's case too weak the plaintiff's case was too weak it siilained n closing for senator gore judge c b stuart his chief counsel delivered the most masterly court oration ever heard iv ihe southwest judge stuart spoke two boors and was applauded uproariously when he bad finished his allusions to thc life and achievements of the blind man of oklahoma his noble character hi unbending fortitude brought tears to the eyes of the jury hurling the lie to the senator's accusers judge stuart at ihe close of his speech collapsed morton itntherford who followed for mrs bond made a strong speech " i could not ask for more complete vindication said senator gore at his hotel to-night lying m front of hitu was ti stack of telegrams from friends and admirers all over the country it is con i-idered unlikely that mrs bond will ap peal the case as the court costs amount ing to several thousand dollars were as sessed against her de stours children to get zborowski cash lountess son must share 2,800 00 with half-srother and sister new stork feb 18 louis zborow ii the sixteen year ou so f the late ountess margaret de stours-zborowski mst divide the 800,000 estate that his lotber bequeathed him with a balf rother and half-sister robert de stours ud margaret de stours if referee rus ell report to the supreme court is approved the ountess a grand daugh ter of william astor was divorced from chevalier alpbonse de stours her sec ond husband count horowski willed her more than 1,000,000 her will cut off the de sturs children because they have not shown me any of thc love and respect due a mother millionaire is found dead on church steps otis e williamson of baltimore be lieved victim of he^rt di ease fil is e williamson of baltimore mil lionaire and pari owner of the i w williamson company one of the largesl veneer factories m the tinted slates was found dead la-i evening on the steps of the immanuel baptist church 2320 south michigan avenue heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of denth the body was discovered by the pastor ihe rev johustone meyers mr willamison had been in the city for two days on business and was stop ping at the auditorium annex his friends do not know what he was doing near the church but tbey think he was walking by when be had an attack of heart disease sat down on the steps and died there the body was taken to an undertaker's and letters were found m his pocket giving his name a telegram was sent to his brother d w williamson who m turn wired his friend here david b goe advertising manager for the curtis publishing company to look after the body which mr goe positively identi fied m a pocket^of the clothing the police found a certified check for 1,000 a diamond pin and a diamond ring together valued nt 500 reventlow repeats attack on dewey denies shot was fired across ger man ship's bow special cable to the examiner berlin feb 18 count keventlow the naval expert iv a statement pub lished to-night reiterates his charges against admiral dewey m relation to the admiral von diederich incident at manila he not only challenges admiral dewey's assertion m his autobiography tbat a shot was fired across the bows of the german frigate as a reminder to re spect the blockade established by the americans but he demands that the ger man government issue a statement clear ing up the incident washington feb 18 â€” admiral dewey to-day refused to take issue with count reventlow my book speaks for itself said the admiral i have no remarks to make on what count reventlow is reported to have said jail for dancers of tango maryland plan proposed law would also prohibit slit skirts and high heels baltimork feb 18 a bill prohib iting slit skirts bigh-heeled shoes for women and dancing of the tango bunny hug loop-the-loop or turkey trot will be introduced m the legislature to-morrow by delegate francis suowdeu violation of any of the provisions of the proposed bill will carry with it a fine of o for the first oftense and a fine of 25 or imprisonment or both for the sec ond offense alaskan railroad bill passes house provides 1,000,000 from u s treasury to start work washington feb is.-the house tonight by a vote of 230 , 0 s7 passed the alaskan railroad bill under which the government is lo appropriate 35 000,000 lo build a 700-mile railroad m alaska to the hehring coal fields the house killed provisions for a bond issue and a substitute provision taking immediately from the treasury 1,000,000 for starting the work was adopted the bill commits the house to govern ment ownership of the alaskan railroads morals head attacks body of reformers w m blake accepts the rev m p boynton's challenge and charges unfairness attacks committee of 15 asserts members are blind to conditions m certain areas but expose others william m wake superintendent of the business men's morals committee yesterday accepted the challenge of the bey melbourne p boynton of the wood lawn baptist church who asked the foes of reform to carry out their de mand for un inquiry into the personnel of the reform organizations on behalf of the morals committee mr blake di rected a letter to the rev boynton in which he accused the so-called commit tee of fifteen and other reformers of using unfair methods m their work and of inviting suspicion by intentionally overlooking vice conditions m residence districts the so-called reform element m chi cago comprises less than 5 per cent of cook county voters mr blake declared he said that many of he uplift ers who are trying to rule Chicago are nonresi dents residing iv evanston winnetka wilmette lake forest and other small towns motives are impugned these reformers are not out for the glory that is m il but for the almighty dollar the letter sets forth one com mittee m Chicago issued reports at divers times that were looked upon by some with suspicion they seemed to bear traces of being doctored the main reason being tbat they seemed to be unable to find vice but m one certain area m the city it appears that tbey were restrained by motives that were of a dark nature it did not sound reasonable to some that a committee could be ou the square tbat could not find vice that existed iv ken wood woodlawn and hyde park but were able to find it elsewhere some thing was wrong m that instance and the i public is going to find out the facts mr blake pointed out that the com mittee of fifteen claims credit for every saloon license revoked and every disor derly bouse closed whereas be says it is the result of the administration's ef forts he argues that it is unfair to make such false claims m soliciting financial aid from the public preachers are criticised the letter embodied a criticism on the custom of ministers and others speaking about vice from the pulpits if a minister has something to say about vice that be just has to talk about mr blake states let him talk to the men and women who understand such matters and not to children commenting on his letter mr blake declared that the following members of the committee of fifteen were not citi zens of Chicago johu t i'irie jr charles h bwihg clayton mark and ezra j warner jr lake forest wil liam d allen richard c hall eugene huffiugton abraham harris lames a patten edward m skinner john stuart charles p whitney and david r for gan evanston william uchvaine and henry p crowcll winnetka carlton morlcy highland park anil william c shurtieff of wilmette Â« burleson leaves to study texas politics washington feb 18 postmaster fieneral burleson to-day left for texas to look over the political field he lias been offered the governorship of that state and a plan to run him for the united states senate is under way washington feb 18 postmaster fieneral burleson to-day left for texas to look over the political field he has been offered the governorship of that state and a plan to run him for the united states senate is under way brings 40,000 in radium to Chicago pittsburgh physician on lecture guarded by four detectives guarded by four detectives more than 40,000 worth of radium concealed m ..!â€¢â– pocket of dr william 11 cameron of pittsburgh was bronchi io Chicago 5 esterday dr cameron who is secretary of the pennsylvania state medical association is on a lecture tour he produced a portion of the radii-ai at the weekly meeting of hie Chicago medical society lasi night and outlined its uses lights were turned off while a speck of ra dium valued at 17,000 was placed on a table and shot forth a green glare i don't claim that radium will cure everything said dr cameron it will cure superficial cancers and it will re sult m improvement m the treatment of other diseases Chicago is to have the biggest free radium clinic ill the couutry if plans vow nndcr way arc perfected by several cbicagoans the Chicago radium free clinic was yesterday incorporated al springfield not for profit charles 1 faulkner jr thomas j keogh and e s massey are the incorporators burns calls blease only a barking dog detective says a boo would frighten governor atlanta ga feb 18 cole blease is the least of my worries he is a bark ing dog who doesn't bite he talks and rants and blusters around and yells what he is going to do to you and when you shout - boo at him he runs away tbis is part of a tribute paid to gov ernor lilease nf south carolina by detec tive william j burns here to-day burns figured iv thc famous dispesary liquor graft investigation which involved blease the governor threatened to have burns jailed should he ever enter the state burns said he would bi m that state marie lloyd to wed jockey dillon today i british consul to be best man at singer's marriage portland ore feb 18 marie lloyd the english music hall favorite who has been having a strenuous time getting entrance into the united states having been declared an undesirable citi zen is at last to be legally married to jockey dillon with whom she came to america the wedding will take place here to-morrow and the british consul is to act as best man on the opening night here miss lloyd was hissed oft the stage and went into hysterics dillon was aabel c to leave vancouver to-day after getting permission from united states officials lorimer sails from liverpool for u s is expected to take hand m sen atorial race william loriuier former united states senator sailed from liverpool for new york yesterday and is expected to reach Chicago by the end of the week his political supporters expect him to take a hand m thc senatorial race immediately upon his return and either to force for iner governor deneen to announce his re tiremeul or enter the race for the repub lican nomination for thc senatorship with lorimer as his opponent little improvement in mayor's condition trip to florida again postponed able to leave bed for hour comparatively little improvement was noted m mayor harrison's condition yes terday he was able to get out of bed for about au hour but his florida trip has been again postponed mrs harrison said last night dr t h lewis made au examination of a culture from the mayor's throat but discovered no indi cation of a serious disease there were no pneumonia germs m'cormick says he won't fly over sea chicagoan denies story he will try trans-atlantic flight boston feb 18 narold f mccor 111 k of Chicago denied to-night the re port telegraphed from that city that he is going to attempt a flight across the atlantic m a large aeroplane accom panied by passengers and pilots mr mc cormick said lie had no intention of try ing to accomplish such a feat and had made no statement that he was going to boy steals films valued at 126,050 xew york feb 18 harry fried man eighteen years old is under arrest charged with stealing moving picture films valued nt 126,050 from the commer cial motion picture company the films ineludo the original paul raiuey african hunt pictures friedman said he stole tin films because he bad been discharged without notice and that the company owned him ii.-ii anti-trust inquiry up to smash grain pits by a staff correspondent representative manahan will in troduce bill to-day calling for investigation of Chicago min neapolis and duluth exchanges charges that a few operators control board of jvade and warehouses names armour peavey rosenbaum and shaffer washington feb 18 a demand for a thorough investigation of the grain trusts at Chicago minneapolis and du luth will be made to-morrow by repre sentative james manahan of minnesota iv a resolution which he will introduce the resolution is most complete and is intended to cover every phase of the wheat trade and to place the responsi bility for the low prices paid the farmer and the high prices demanded of the con sumer for flour mr manahan was the attorney for a committee of the minnesota house of i representatives a year ago which in vestigated the grain monopoly at minne apolis and he is m possession of a vast amount of data m support of his charges control public warehouses manahao alleges for instance ihat a few large operators particularly the ar mour poavey j kosenbaum bartlett frazier and john c shaffer companies control the Chicago board of trade and the public warehouses and restrain the wheat trade to suit their speculative purposes and he demands that the spe cial committee for which the resolution provides investigate thc rebates and prlvl j leges extended by railroads demurrage associations transfer companies and other ; institutions to these companies ! the committee which he specifies shall j be of seven members chosen by speaker i champ clark is directed to recommend corrective legislation if at any time the j committee ascertains facts which it thinks warrant criminal prosecution it shall submit them at once to the attor ney general mr manahan cb.arges also that the board of trade of chi cago the chamber of commerce of minneapolis and the hoard of trade of duluth are monopolies and thnt they depress or '-:'.'-,- the price of wheat to suit their rambling opera tions that the Chicago and minneapolis organizations through the member ship of wealthy men closely allied with banking institutions transportation companies and with certain daily newÃŸpapers exercise an unwholesome influence m local government and on public opinion that the operations of these organ mackays divorced in paris agreement made in secret father gets the children discord revealed by charges against dr bla and mrs mackay in million-dollar suit new yultk feb 18 mr and mrs clarence li mackay won grained a mu tual divorce m paris february 11 in preach law a mutual divorce means that each principal interposes 11 counter claim and thai the claims are identical accord ing t john b stanchfield attorney ror mrs mackay and frederic r coudert mr mackay's lawyer both charged deser tion by mutual agreement this three children katherine ellen and john w are given into the care of their father mr stanchfield to-night issued the fol â– lowing statement : in december last mrs mackay sailed for europe and took up her residence m au apartment m paris which she held under lease for a considerate period of time she brought suit in the tribunal of the seine against mr mackay for 11 divorce on the ground 01 desertion he voluntarily appeared m the action and interposed a counter claim alleging desertion on the part of the plaintiff no other charge was in volved the court as is the practice m prance endeavored to bring about a reconciliation being unable to accom plish such a result a divorce was granted on or about the eleventh of february to each of the parties the custody of the children was awarded to mr mackay with the right to mrs mackay to see them at all rea sonable times john b stanchfield amicable settlement everything wis settled amicably mr staneh'eld said to a reporter after issu ing the sttaemeiit mrs mackay sailed quietly from new york shortly before christmas mr mackay followed her on j january 8 i do not know whether there vvas any i financial settlement nor whether there was any alimony asked or granted ido not recall t name ot the l-'nn.-li lawyer representing mrs mackay ' the divorce of the mackays is m itself not an unexpected event although the proceedings were cloaked with secrecy m paris that evidently conld not he assured ht-tv on october 30 annoui meui was made that uterhart nnd graham attorneys for mr mackay served mrs mackay notice of his contemplated action while mrs mackay was ai the plaza hotel here mr graham prepared io 1 1 1 â€¢ - the papers with the clerk of nassau county at mineola bnt because of the discovery of that fact did uot do so tried to avoid publicity it was because of the glare of publicity that was beating upou both mr and mrs mackay ill this country that they went to paris according to mr coudert whose paris offices conducted mrs mackay's suit there his client has had a residence m france for two years mr mackay lias maintained a home there for a luul.ll longer period of time tho mutual di vorce law mr coudert declared is as old as napoleon the marital life of the mackays has been stndded with sensations the great est of these was the suit tiled against mrs mackay by katherine ketcham ulake for the alleged alienation of tiie affections of the bitter's husband dr joseph a blake mrs blake asked 1,000,000 damages the papers containing niose serious charges were served on mrs mackay last february iv juno mr maigay taking the three children with him fled to eu rope arthur c train as couusel for mrs mackay received service in addi tion to mr train mrs mackay retained henry v Taft brother of the former president to defend her arrayed against this pair of valiant legal warriors was mrs clarence maekau and her eldest daaahter katherine aged li j clarence mackay and his son john william aged six and his j daughter ellen aged eiglit knife gives clew to grave yard slaying assailant drops weapon m snow m struggle to kill girl and fleeing m terror after deed leaves it as tell-tale evidence former plot to attack theresa hollander is revealed fiance of victim satisfies police with alibi net closing on petras the murder of theresa hollander is still a mystery unless the man nÂ»w under arrest be proved guilty the crime is far from solution there is not the slightest doul.t that the motive for the slaying of the girl not turned twenty was love and jealousy this premise might lix responsibility for miss hol la iiderv death on two or possibly thres men it there is a third man iv case his identity is unknown in the search for tangible evidence an important clew lias been fouud this discovery bears out the oft-held detective theory that no murderer ever left the scene of a crime without leaving behind some evidence which if properly valued and traced would reveal the identity of the slayer penknife gives clew a penknife sought as an instrument of murder and dropped tn the denth struggle by the man who was trying to kill htfr is ihe one material clew m the strange case of the young woman found slain within a short distance of her home iv aurora in the madness of his lust to kill and the driving flight m fear of discovery the man who clubbed to death the girl whose love and possession meant more to him than her life forgot the penknife he had dropped and made good the old old theory that thc mur derer never escapes vith dean hands from the scene of his crime the penknife floats as a solid m that mysterious element ot circumstance love and jealousy which embraces and be eiouds the strange case it is the pos session of the small weapon just prior to the murder which will definitely fix the crime all other evidence is cir eumstanlial or elemental the knife con prove the slayer as surely as the magnei points to the poie frank d airmont who lives at 3831 wallace street once owned and curried th knife airmont is a friend of an thony petras married now but former suitor and fiance of miss hollander who is under nrrest as a suspect airmonl snvs he lost un knife three years ago while working with i'elras near the tat ter's home and never beard of it again lie proved lo the satisfaction of the po lice unit he was far from aurora ou mon day night appears unpremeditated the muroer one of love of sex of ele mental passions appears lo have been un premeditated except for the detcrmlna tion on lie pari el ibe man that al though b woman might not belong to him none other should claim ber as his own the old father of miss hollander last night recalled another trap laid for his daughter when wire was stretched across thc path to their home nicholas felluer who was lo marry miss hollander oo march 3 was the victim of this trap stumbling over the wire while escorting his fiancee to her door this blunder circumvented the plotter although ids design may have been simply to enforce his unwelcome attention upon the girl and to try and reawaken the love that he had lost but believed to be only sleeping willi the evidence collected yesterday the story of the murder of miss hol lander is complete with the exception of the identity of the man whose selfish passion was satisfied only with a brutal attack upon the woman he loved which left her a battered corpse iv a lonely graveyard theresa hollander the only child of au aged couple had been a petted but duti ful child and when she gr.-w to young womanhood was a belle m the little town where she uted she had good looks and was a womanly girl with all thc charms of her sex of the low men she met m her limited circle several were admirers but her first real suitor was anthony i'e lras the man who is now held on sus picion that he may be her slayer a dashing figure i'elras was a dashing figure among the young men of thc village it was he who continued on 2d page 4th column j continued on 4th page 2d column examiner leads in circulation the daily and sunday examiner m january sold more papers m the city of Chicago than any other two morning papers with several thousand to spare circulation books open to the inspection of any advertiser h the efficient way to \ ii get efficient domestics 4 jlffl inhere is one sure and quick way lii *- t secure i dependable nurse an ||| 118 intelligent maid a reliable cook or a h trusty chauffeur it is to put a little bb jj|||fp want ad m the examiner ( '||| !*:./... efficient domestics answer ex i mi aminer want ads and they will m answer your ad if it is m the exam b 2fv7 iner phone main 5000 now and give m imtimt y ur a to the want ad girl jjaflj a win cold and other prizes jitj tjjsrtti mw^i&x ' n want yd contesl llfl^go and vicinity sno.-v ,'_^ y *; 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Chicago examiner vol xii no 51 a m thursday Chicago february 19 1914 thursday price one cent delivered by carrier 90 cents per month registered in u s patent office senator gore is vindicated in less than five minutes courtroom m an uproar for twenty minutes when jury brings in its verdict for blind oklahoma statesman wife eyes filled with tears hugs him as he is set free mrs bond who accused him swoons and then flees oklahoma city okln feb is.-by jhe unanlmons verdict of the jury thomas p gore united states senator from oklahoma to-day won the 50,000 dam age suit brought against him by mrs minnie e bond the jury was out less than five minutes the verdict was ren lered at 5:45 o'clock when judge clark m reading the ver llct reached the words find for the defendant pandemonium broke loose m the courtroom the hundreds awaiting the decision climbed on chairs and cheered the blind senator hals were thrown m the air and came down to be thrown up again the demonstration listed twenty minutes and the bailiffs ere powerless to stop it when the noise had quieted down judge lark finished reading the verdict seu or gore was standing when the judge gan to read at ibe momentous words â– stepped back as if dazed and his wife ized him m ber arms and hugged him trvnlsively tears sprang from her eyes d sobs shook ber frame nator is congratulated the senator remained standing silent ot . with a smile of gratitude on his face hundreds thronged around to grasp his hand nnd shout congratula tions cries of speech went up but the senator's voice could not be heard to newspaper men he said the only statement i have to make is ray strengthened belief m the fact tbat troth always triumphs mis bond fell backward m her chair and was attended by her husband she end some of her attorneys left the court immediately the foremau of the jury henry carpenter said a few minutes after he was discharged we bare had our minds made up four days i have looked at mrs bond dur ing this trial and have longed to seize icr and make her deny the dastardly charges she had made against our blind senator there were seven republic rans on that jury and 1 can truthfully f iy every one of them will be glad to rote for senator gore nt thc next elee ion of course the rive democrats will lo likewise a section of the verdict signed by all reive men said that they would have bund for senator gore had his counsel mcd the testimony m his defense i'laintiff's case too weak the plaintiff's case was too weak it siilained n closing for senator gore judge c b stuart his chief counsel delivered the most masterly court oration ever heard iv ihe southwest judge stuart spoke two boors and was applauded uproariously when he bad finished his allusions to thc life and achievements of the blind man of oklahoma his noble character hi unbending fortitude brought tears to the eyes of the jury hurling the lie to the senator's accusers judge stuart at ihe close of his speech collapsed morton itntherford who followed for mrs bond made a strong speech " i could not ask for more complete vindication said senator gore at his hotel to-night lying m front of hitu was ti stack of telegrams from friends and admirers all over the country it is con i-idered unlikely that mrs bond will ap peal the case as the court costs amount ing to several thousand dollars were as sessed against her de stours children to get zborowski cash lountess son must share 2,800 00 with half-srother and sister new stork feb 18 louis zborow ii the sixteen year ou so f the late ountess margaret de stours-zborowski mst divide the 800,000 estate that his lotber bequeathed him with a balf rother and half-sister robert de stours ud margaret de stours if referee rus ell report to the supreme court is approved the ountess a grand daugh ter of william astor was divorced from chevalier alpbonse de stours her sec ond husband count horowski willed her more than 1,000,000 her will cut off the de sturs children because they have not shown me any of thc love and respect due a mother millionaire is found dead on church steps otis e williamson of baltimore be lieved victim of he^rt di ease fil is e williamson of baltimore mil lionaire and pari owner of the i w williamson company one of the largesl veneer factories m the tinted slates was found dead la-i evening on the steps of the immanuel baptist church 2320 south michigan avenue heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of denth the body was discovered by the pastor ihe rev johustone meyers mr willamison had been in the city for two days on business and was stop ping at the auditorium annex his friends do not know what he was doing near the church but tbey think he was walking by when be had an attack of heart disease sat down on the steps and died there the body was taken to an undertaker's and letters were found m his pocket giving his name a telegram was sent to his brother d w williamson who m turn wired his friend here david b goe advertising manager for the curtis publishing company to look after the body which mr goe positively identi fied m a pocket^of the clothing the police found a certified check for 1,000 a diamond pin and a diamond ring together valued nt 500 reventlow repeats attack on dewey denies shot was fired across ger man ship's bow special cable to the examiner berlin feb 18 count keventlow the naval expert iv a statement pub lished to-night reiterates his charges against admiral dewey m relation to the admiral von diederich incident at manila he not only challenges admiral dewey's assertion m his autobiography tbat a shot was fired across the bows of the german frigate as a reminder to re spect the blockade established by the americans but he demands that the ger man government issue a statement clear ing up the incident washington feb 18 â€” admiral dewey to-day refused to take issue with count reventlow my book speaks for itself said the admiral i have no remarks to make on what count reventlow is reported to have said jail for dancers of tango maryland plan proposed law would also prohibit slit skirts and high heels baltimork feb 18 a bill prohib iting slit skirts bigh-heeled shoes for women and dancing of the tango bunny hug loop-the-loop or turkey trot will be introduced m the legislature to-morrow by delegate francis suowdeu violation of any of the provisions of the proposed bill will carry with it a fine of o for the first oftense and a fine of 25 or imprisonment or both for the sec ond offense alaskan railroad bill passes house provides 1,000,000 from u s treasury to start work washington feb is.-the house tonight by a vote of 230 , 0 s7 passed the alaskan railroad bill under which the government is lo appropriate 35 000,000 lo build a 700-mile railroad m alaska to the hehring coal fields the house killed provisions for a bond issue and a substitute provision taking immediately from the treasury 1,000,000 for starting the work was adopted the bill commits the house to govern ment ownership of the alaskan railroads morals head attacks body of reformers w m blake accepts the rev m p boynton's challenge and charges unfairness attacks committee of 15 asserts members are blind to conditions m certain areas but expose others william m wake superintendent of the business men's morals committee yesterday accepted the challenge of the bey melbourne p boynton of the wood lawn baptist church who asked the foes of reform to carry out their de mand for un inquiry into the personnel of the reform organizations on behalf of the morals committee mr blake di rected a letter to the rev boynton in which he accused the so-called commit tee of fifteen and other reformers of using unfair methods m their work and of inviting suspicion by intentionally overlooking vice conditions m residence districts the so-called reform element m chi cago comprises less than 5 per cent of cook county voters mr blake declared he said that many of he uplift ers who are trying to rule Chicago are nonresi dents residing iv evanston winnetka wilmette lake forest and other small towns motives are impugned these reformers are not out for the glory that is m il but for the almighty dollar the letter sets forth one com mittee m Chicago issued reports at divers times that were looked upon by some with suspicion they seemed to bear traces of being doctored the main reason being tbat they seemed to be unable to find vice but m one certain area m the city it appears that tbey were restrained by motives that were of a dark nature it did not sound reasonable to some that a committee could be ou the square tbat could not find vice that existed iv ken wood woodlawn and hyde park but were able to find it elsewhere some thing was wrong m that instance and the i public is going to find out the facts mr blake pointed out that the com mittee of fifteen claims credit for every saloon license revoked and every disor derly bouse closed whereas be says it is the result of the administration's ef forts he argues that it is unfair to make such false claims m soliciting financial aid from the public preachers are criticised the letter embodied a criticism on the custom of ministers and others speaking about vice from the pulpits if a minister has something to say about vice that be just has to talk about mr blake states let him talk to the men and women who understand such matters and not to children commenting on his letter mr blake declared that the following members of the committee of fifteen were not citi zens of Chicago johu t i'irie jr charles h bwihg clayton mark and ezra j warner jr lake forest wil liam d allen richard c hall eugene huffiugton abraham harris lames a patten edward m skinner john stuart charles p whitney and david r for gan evanston william uchvaine and henry p crowcll winnetka carlton morlcy highland park anil william c shurtieff of wilmette Â« burleson leaves to study texas politics washington feb 18 postmaster fieneral burleson to-day left for texas to look over the political field he lias been offered the governorship of that state and a plan to run him for the united states senate is under way washington feb 18 postmaster fieneral burleson to-day left for texas to look over the political field he has been offered the governorship of that state and a plan to run him for the united states senate is under way brings 40,000 in radium to Chicago pittsburgh physician on lecture guarded by four detectives guarded by four detectives more than 40,000 worth of radium concealed m ..!â€¢â– pocket of dr william 11 cameron of pittsburgh was bronchi io Chicago 5 esterday dr cameron who is secretary of the pennsylvania state medical association is on a lecture tour he produced a portion of the radii-ai at the weekly meeting of hie Chicago medical society lasi night and outlined its uses lights were turned off while a speck of ra dium valued at 17,000 was placed on a table and shot forth a green glare i don't claim that radium will cure everything said dr cameron it will cure superficial cancers and it will re sult m improvement m the treatment of other diseases Chicago is to have the biggest free radium clinic ill the couutry if plans vow nndcr way arc perfected by several cbicagoans the Chicago radium free clinic was yesterday incorporated al springfield not for profit charles 1 faulkner jr thomas j keogh and e s massey are the incorporators burns calls blease only a barking dog detective says a boo would frighten governor atlanta ga feb 18 cole blease is the least of my worries he is a bark ing dog who doesn't bite he talks and rants and blusters around and yells what he is going to do to you and when you shout - boo at him he runs away tbis is part of a tribute paid to gov ernor lilease nf south carolina by detec tive william j burns here to-day burns figured iv thc famous dispesary liquor graft investigation which involved blease the governor threatened to have burns jailed should he ever enter the state burns said he would bi m that state marie lloyd to wed jockey dillon today i british consul to be best man at singer's marriage portland ore feb 18 marie lloyd the english music hall favorite who has been having a strenuous time getting entrance into the united states having been declared an undesirable citi zen is at last to be legally married to jockey dillon with whom she came to america the wedding will take place here to-morrow and the british consul is to act as best man on the opening night here miss lloyd was hissed oft the stage and went into hysterics dillon was aabel c to leave vancouver to-day after getting permission from united states officials lorimer sails from liverpool for u s is expected to take hand m sen atorial race william loriuier former united states senator sailed from liverpool for new york yesterday and is expected to reach Chicago by the end of the week his political supporters expect him to take a hand m thc senatorial race immediately upon his return and either to force for iner governor deneen to announce his re tiremeul or enter the race for the repub lican nomination for thc senatorship with lorimer as his opponent little improvement in mayor's condition trip to florida again postponed able to leave bed for hour comparatively little improvement was noted m mayor harrison's condition yes terday he was able to get out of bed for about au hour but his florida trip has been again postponed mrs harrison said last night dr t h lewis made au examination of a culture from the mayor's throat but discovered no indi cation of a serious disease there were no pneumonia germs m'cormick says he won't fly over sea chicagoan denies story he will try trans-atlantic flight boston feb 18 narold f mccor 111 k of Chicago denied to-night the re port telegraphed from that city that he is going to attempt a flight across the atlantic m a large aeroplane accom panied by passengers and pilots mr mc cormick said lie had no intention of try ing to accomplish such a feat and had made no statement that he was going to boy steals films valued at 126,050 xew york feb 18 harry fried man eighteen years old is under arrest charged with stealing moving picture films valued nt 126,050 from the commer cial motion picture company the films ineludo the original paul raiuey african hunt pictures friedman said he stole tin films because he bad been discharged without notice and that the company owned him ii.-ii anti-trust inquiry up to smash grain pits by a staff correspondent representative manahan will in troduce bill to-day calling for investigation of Chicago min neapolis and duluth exchanges charges that a few operators control board of jvade and warehouses names armour peavey rosenbaum and shaffer washington feb 18 a demand for a thorough investigation of the grain trusts at Chicago minneapolis and du luth will be made to-morrow by repre sentative james manahan of minnesota iv a resolution which he will introduce the resolution is most complete and is intended to cover every phase of the wheat trade and to place the responsi bility for the low prices paid the farmer and the high prices demanded of the con sumer for flour mr manahan was the attorney for a committee of the minnesota house of i representatives a year ago which in vestigated the grain monopoly at minne apolis and he is m possession of a vast amount of data m support of his charges control public warehouses manahao alleges for instance ihat a few large operators particularly the ar mour poavey j kosenbaum bartlett frazier and john c shaffer companies control the Chicago board of trade and the public warehouses and restrain the wheat trade to suit their speculative purposes and he demands that the spe cial committee for which the resolution provides investigate thc rebates and prlvl j leges extended by railroads demurrage associations transfer companies and other ; institutions to these companies ! the committee which he specifies shall j be of seven members chosen by speaker i champ clark is directed to recommend corrective legislation if at any time the j committee ascertains facts which it thinks warrant criminal prosecution it shall submit them at once to the attor ney general mr manahan cb.arges also that the board of trade of chi cago the chamber of commerce of minneapolis and the hoard of trade of duluth are monopolies and thnt they depress or '-:'.'-,- the price of wheat to suit their rambling opera tions that the Chicago and minneapolis organizations through the member ship of wealthy men closely allied with banking institutions transportation companies and with certain daily newÃŸpapers exercise an unwholesome influence m local government and on public opinion that the operations of these organ mackays divorced in paris agreement made in secret father gets the children discord revealed by charges against dr bla and mrs mackay in million-dollar suit new yultk feb 18 mr and mrs clarence li mackay won grained a mu tual divorce m paris february 11 in preach law a mutual divorce means that each principal interposes 11 counter claim and thai the claims are identical accord ing t john b stanchfield attorney ror mrs mackay and frederic r coudert mr mackay's lawyer both charged deser tion by mutual agreement this three children katherine ellen and john w are given into the care of their father mr stanchfield to-night issued the fol â– lowing statement : in december last mrs mackay sailed for europe and took up her residence m au apartment m paris which she held under lease for a considerate period of time she brought suit in the tribunal of the seine against mr mackay for 11 divorce on the ground 01 desertion he voluntarily appeared m the action and interposed a counter claim alleging desertion on the part of the plaintiff no other charge was in volved the court as is the practice m prance endeavored to bring about a reconciliation being unable to accom plish such a result a divorce was granted on or about the eleventh of february to each of the parties the custody of the children was awarded to mr mackay with the right to mrs mackay to see them at all rea sonable times john b stanchfield amicable settlement everything wis settled amicably mr staneh'eld said to a reporter after issu ing the sttaemeiit mrs mackay sailed quietly from new york shortly before christmas mr mackay followed her on j january 8 i do not know whether there vvas any i financial settlement nor whether there was any alimony asked or granted ido not recall t name ot the l-'nn.-li lawyer representing mrs mackay ' the divorce of the mackays is m itself not an unexpected event although the proceedings were cloaked with secrecy m paris that evidently conld not he assured ht-tv on october 30 annoui meui was made that uterhart nnd graham attorneys for mr mackay served mrs mackay notice of his contemplated action while mrs mackay was ai the plaza hotel here mr graham prepared io 1 1 1 â€¢ - the papers with the clerk of nassau county at mineola bnt because of the discovery of that fact did uot do so tried to avoid publicity it was because of the glare of publicity that was beating upou both mr and mrs mackay ill this country that they went to paris according to mr coudert whose paris offices conducted mrs mackay's suit there his client has had a residence m france for two years mr mackay lias maintained a home there for a luul.ll longer period of time tho mutual di vorce law mr coudert declared is as old as napoleon the marital life of the mackays has been stndded with sensations the great est of these was the suit tiled against mrs mackay by katherine ketcham ulake for the alleged alienation of tiie affections of the bitter's husband dr joseph a blake mrs blake asked 1,000,000 damages the papers containing niose serious charges were served on mrs mackay last february iv juno mr maigay taking the three children with him fled to eu rope arthur c train as couusel for mrs mackay received service in addi tion to mr train mrs mackay retained henry v Taft brother of the former president to defend her arrayed against this pair of valiant legal warriors was mrs clarence maekau and her eldest daaahter katherine aged li j clarence mackay and his son john william aged six and his j daughter ellen aged eiglit knife gives clew to grave yard slaying assailant drops weapon m snow m struggle to kill girl and fleeing m terror after deed leaves it as tell-tale evidence former plot to attack theresa hollander is revealed fiance of victim satisfies police with alibi net closing on petras the murder of theresa hollander is still a mystery unless the man nÂ»w under arrest be proved guilty the crime is far from solution there is not the slightest doul.t that the motive for the slaying of the girl not turned twenty was love and jealousy this premise might lix responsibility for miss hol la iiderv death on two or possibly thres men it there is a third man iv case his identity is unknown in the search for tangible evidence an important clew lias been fouud this discovery bears out the oft-held detective theory that no murderer ever left the scene of a crime without leaving behind some evidence which if properly valued and traced would reveal the identity of the slayer penknife gives clew a penknife sought as an instrument of murder and dropped tn the denth struggle by the man who was trying to kill htfr is ihe one material clew m the strange case of the young woman found slain within a short distance of her home iv aurora in the madness of his lust to kill and the driving flight m fear of discovery the man who clubbed to death the girl whose love and possession meant more to him than her life forgot the penknife he had dropped and made good the old old theory that thc mur derer never escapes vith dean hands from the scene of his crime the penknife floats as a solid m that mysterious element ot circumstance love and jealousy which embraces and be eiouds the strange case it is the pos session of the small weapon just prior to the murder which will definitely fix the crime all other evidence is cir eumstanlial or elemental the knife con prove the slayer as surely as the magnei points to the poie frank d airmont who lives at 3831 wallace street once owned and curried th knife airmont is a friend of an thony petras married now but former suitor and fiance of miss hollander who is under nrrest as a suspect airmonl snvs he lost un knife three years ago while working with i'elras near the tat ter's home and never beard of it again lie proved lo the satisfaction of the po lice unit he was far from aurora ou mon day night appears unpremeditated the muroer one of love of sex of ele mental passions appears lo have been un premeditated except for the detcrmlna tion on lie pari el ibe man that al though b woman might not belong to him none other should claim ber as his own the old father of miss hollander last night recalled another trap laid for his daughter when wire was stretched across thc path to their home nicholas felluer who was lo marry miss hollander oo march 3 was the victim of this trap stumbling over the wire while escorting his fiancee to her door this blunder circumvented the plotter although ids design may have been simply to enforce his unwelcome attention upon the girl and to try and reawaken the love that he had lost but believed to be only sleeping willi the evidence collected yesterday the story of the murder of miss hol lander is complete with the exception of the identity of the man whose selfish passion was satisfied only with a brutal attack upon the woman he loved which left her a battered corpse iv a lonely graveyard theresa hollander the only child of au aged couple had been a petted but duti ful child and when she gr.-w to young womanhood was a belle m the little town where she uted she had good looks and was a womanly girl with all thc charms of her sex of the low men she met m her limited circle several were admirers but her first real suitor was anthony i'e lras the man who is now 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